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Perfect water on upper Wye, so my wife and I got the children covered and treated ourselves to two nights away at the wonderful Llangoed hall which enabled convenient access for fishing this beat. I fished the upper beat (17 mins brisk walk to the top end) from dawn returning to the hall for breakfast having caught lots of trout but no Salmon seen. After breakfast we parked at the top end and both enjoyed a wonderful morning on Dol-meudy and Orchard etc. Fishing the Dolmido stone at 1'10" while watching my wife casting a fly down through the Orchard catching trout was one of the most picturesque fishing scenes of my life anywhere - just a stunningly beautiful stretch and enticing place to fish. Quick lunch at the "Wye not stop cafe" (excellent) and drive to lower end of the beat to fish the Pump house run and tricky Llangoed gutters in the afternoon. My wife walked back to the hall while I tried the intriguing gutters once more but nothing seen. We caught numerous trout but did not even see a Salmon which was a little disappointing as a few had been caught locally. In hind sight perhaps we might have tried a spinner in the deep Llangoed pool (a major deep hole) but enjoying the good water we did not carry a spinning rod along but would do so if fishing here again.
Many thanks to all for a wonderful few days fishing in Wales.

15 Trout

A warm overcast day with a slight rise on the river and a little colour. Plenty of flies hatching from the early afternoon on, LDO's and various sedges and duns I didn't recognise. Fished a duo and caught 7 trout on the nymph, 2 of them around the 1lb mark, the rest a fair bit smaller - all returned. Lost three more and missed two rises to the dry. Also saw a salmon jump in LLangoed pool. A really enjoyable day.

7 Trout

Downstream wind, but manageable. A few fly hatched. 5 trout and 3 grayling on blue dun wet and dry. 8 to 10 inches. Best around mid day.

5 Trout, 3 Grayling

Full sun. East wind. Very little fly about. Very few rises. Two trout 9" each. Two grayling 11". All returned.

2 Trout, 2 Grayling

Very pleasant day. No fish seen or caught but did see a very large pike sunning itself in Llangoed pool. Sadly fourth day on the Wye and still to see the illusive salar.

4 Trout

Water very low and clear which meant I could occasionally see the Grayling (which looked huge) flashing in the deep water of the gutter on the lower part of the beat - especially when viewed from high up on the bank. Only when I put on a real "depth bomb" could I get deep enough to take one - and then remembered about the magnification of a good depth of water - as the fish was 1 lb or so. Still I was pleased as I'm a grayling novice. Otherwise, a lovely quiet day with not much rising and only one other trout 8". Kingfishers, Herons and one salmon jumping made another great day - I have to say "as usual"
Thanks WUF for this great service.

1 Trout, 1 Grayling

My first outing on this fabulous beat in the most stunning of settings. A local rod gave invaluable help and guidance but to no avail.
Not a beat for the faint hearted or the novice. The wading was challenging - I fell in twice which is a personal best. Saw plenty of fish and had a couple of pulls - a great day but no salmon caught.

1 Trout

Only fished for an hour. My wife had her first Wye dunking! Caught one eight inch trout on heavy nymph before she went off to dry out. We saw two leaping salmon though!

1 Trout

Must confess feel rather embarrassed writing this report. Arrived to find the river at a good height and started with the fly at the top of the beat catching several trout.
Having got to the lower orchard we decided to spin the slower water, sadly we managed to lose two silver fish in the 15 to 20lb bracket one of which leapt 4 times and stripped off 60 ish yards before throwing the hook. We then fished the Llangoed Pool where we managed to lose a smaller fish. All lost on tobies with barbless hooks. We did however see an enormous salmon 30 to 40lbs, an otter
and a dead lamprey obout 20 inches long. A rising river stopped what can only be described as an eventful day.

7 Trout